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12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.
Cystic Fibrosis
Definition-a common recessive genetic disease which affects the entire body, causing progressive disability and often early death.
Symptoms- Thick, viscous mucus secretions in the lung,
Persistent cough
Wheezing
Repeated lung infections
Repeated sinus infections
foul-smelling, greasy stools
Poor weight gain and growth
Distended abdomen from constipation
Intestinal blockage, particularly in newborns
Isn't growing properly
Has a productive cough
Has repeated lung or sinus infections
Has frequent fatty, bad-smelling stools
Cystic Fibrosis is detected in most States when they screen newborns for CF using a genetic test or a blood tests. The genetic test shows whether a newborn has faulty CFTR genes. The blood test shows whether a newborn's pancreas is working.
It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which both copies had a mutated gene.
about 30,000 people have this disease
it effects chromosome 7
Newborns with CF typically require surgery, whereas adults with distal intestinal obstruction syndrome typically do not.
The improved prognosis of cystic fibrosis, combined with earlier diagnosis through screening, has already started to result in a change in attitude.
12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.
Cystic Fibrosis
Definition-a common recessive genetic disease which affects the entire body, causing progressive disability and often early death.
Symptoms- Thick, viscous mucus secretions in the lung,
Cystic Fibrosis is detected in most States when they screen newborns for CF using a genetic test or a blood tests. The genetic test shows whether a newborn has faulty CFTR genes. The blood test shows whether a newborn's pancreas is working.
It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which both copies had a mutated gene.
about 30,000 people have this disease
it effects chromosome 7
Newborns with CF typically require surgery, whereas adults with distal intestinal obstruction syndrome typically do not.
The improved prognosis of cystic fibrosis, combined with earlier diagnosis through screening, has already started to result in a change in attitude.